On Thursday, Utah State transfer quarterback McCae Hillstead committed to BYU. Hillstead, who prepped down the road from BYU at Skyridge High School, joins a cr
owded BYU quarterback room that includes Jake Retzlaff and Gerry Bohanon battling for the starting quarterback spot.
During his true freshman season, Hillstead played lights out in two September games before suffering an injury that derailed the rest of his freshman campaign. He put enough on tape to draw interest from the Big Ten, the SEC, and the Big 12 once he entered the transfer portal. Think about this decision from Hillstead's perspective. He entered the portal and drew interest from a long list of schools. Would he go to BYU if he wasn't given at least an opportunity to compete for the starting job? Perhaps - maybe BYU was his dream school all along. But at the end of the day, football players want to play football. Hillstead probably doesn't end up at BYU if he didn't believe he at least had an opportunity to see the field over the next year or two.
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